Myths about Malaysia
1. In Malaysia Malayan language
“You that, is necessary now also the Malayan should learn?” - mum spoke to me. Also there were rights as Malayan I all the same began to learn on the fifth year of a life here. The lie was that without Malayan here it is impossible to manage. It not so. Language of business, trade and a dialogue simple language between different ethnic groups is English. I remember as me have surprised casually heard conversations of two girls индианок. They spoke among themselves in broken English, instead of on Malayan or тамильском. The Same with Chineses. Many families speak in English of the house and it becomes a habit. In general, it is interesting that bilinguals here would not surprise anybody. Here all tell a minimum in two languages: Malayan and English. And for local Indians and Chineses is available also the third language.
2. In Malaysia Islam of extremist sense.
I often meet on the Internet of a mention that in Malaysia Moslems completely закутаных in black, and their bearded men in white attires accompany. The truth that is tourists from the Arabian countries which go here to have a rest from the heat. Malayan Moslems look approximately so (on the right and in the centre):
Scarf carrying not necessarily. As a rule, it depends on a family and education. Moslems here about 70 % and Islam - the state religion. Nevertheless, Islam laws extend only on Moslems. And the others of 30 % of citizens Malaysia professing the Buddhism, индуизм and Christianity, подчиняеются to secular laws. Nemusulmansky holidays here are marked as widely as well as Muslim. Under Christmas all is decorated by fur-trees, covered пенопластовым by snow and young women in scarfs are enthusiastically photographed with Santa Klausom under sounds “I Am Dreaming Of A White Christmas”.
3. Malaysian think out to itself “English” names of type Nicolas or Peter which it is easier to foreigners to remember, than them real names.
To begin that these names not English, but Christian. And Christians in Malaysia about 10 %. Basically, it is Catholics and Protestants. And if to ask Malaysian Chinese with a name Stephen Ong or the Indian with a name of Frensis Amaladass why it became the Christian, that very much will be surprised. Because not only he already was born the Christian, but Christian its great-grandmother was born still. Still big surprise causes that fact that malajzijtsy-Christians, really, practise religion and at times know about it more than average Protestant-Englishman more habitual to our consciousness or the Catholic-Italian.

4. Malaysia - a world’s end.
Geographically us has, of course, thrown God forbid to everyone. On the equator. Further us only New Zealand and Australia. Nevertheless. Thanks to that the country appreciably lives tourism, here it is a lot of flights in all points of the world. It gives rise to a high competition between airlines. As result - the low prices. To fly from Kuala Lumpur to Tashkent to me costs as much, how much from Tashkent to Moscow. Without saying that the best resorts of South East Asia have settled down around at 1-3 o’clock summer. It is possible to go for the weekend as on a summer residence.
5. Malaysia - a hole without communication with an external world.
Here it was supposed that time we so it is far, we will be not not reached by any mail, madly expensive will be sonorous and in general we are not necessary to anybody and there live here one natives. Telecommunications here are that that to me to call to Tashkent costs several times more cheaply, than from Tashkent to call me. To call in those countries where many call, for example, to England or India even more cheaply. As to ex-stalemates and the foreign companies here it is a lot of them for that simple reason that Malaysia is opened for foreigners as officially from a point зреняи laws, and in the name of simple inhabitants whom aggressions to foreigners and a phobia do not test. Besides, here there is no language barrier as all speak English. More precisely, on special Malaysian English.

6. In Malaysia all meal sharp.
This myth is not far from the truth. Malayan and Indian meal in the majority (though and not all) the sharp. Or прянная. That with it seems all the same sharp. Nevertheless, there is a Chinese meal which here continually it is a lot of for 30 % of the population - Chineses. I with the great pleasure ate the Chinese meal all first year here. Certainly there is also the western meal presented at all levels: from fast foods to restaurants fine-dining, specialising on different European cuisines.
7. In Malaysia all products others also are not present even a potato and some bread.
In general, the basic habitual to us fruits are and stand as cheaply, as in Tashkent: a potato, an onion, carrots, apples. The another matter that if would be desirable big variety, say, fruit it is necessary to pass on local or to become the millionaire. Bread here do not eat how at us. It basically take on sandwiches. It is on sale already cut, and on a consistence it seems any wet and soft. That too it is solved. It is necessary not to be too lazy to reach the nearest bakery and to buy hardly more expensive and not best-selling “normal” European bread.
8. In Malaysia there are seasons. “There should be any seasons” - told me acquaintances. Also were surprised, why not all Malaysian understand, when to them you speak “last spring” or “next autumn”. Theoretically here two seasons: a dry season and a season of rains. To describe them it is possible so: the dry season is when there are rains; and the season of rains is when there are many rains. For that simple reason that Malaysia is on equator, here there are no seasons in our understanding, and declines and dawn all year long have for the same time: 7.15 mornings and 7.15 evenings with small changes.
9. In Malaysia all is twice more expensive, than in Singapore.
No concept I have, this myth whence has gone, but visitors to me on a visit friends and relatives are torn to Singapore because “there all exactly twice is cheaper”. In Singapore, of course, a lot of all good. Except the prices. There all just exactly twice is more expensive, since currency. For one Singapore dollar give 2,5 malaysian ringit. That costs in Malaysia 5 ringits, in Singapore costs 5 Singapore dollars. It is not surprising that Singaporeans frequently go in frontier staff of Dzhohor behind products and gasoline.
10. Any technics in Malaysia costs literally cents.
The majority of technics, beginning from cellular telephones and finishing house cinemas, costs here more cheaply, than in Europe, but not “several times more cheaply” as some my acquaintances for some reason assume. Probably, this myth is obliged by the origin to numerous fakes it come from Malaysia. Really, there are places where it is possible to buy a suspicious origin phones and cameras for ridiculous money, having chosen the pleasant model from the big basket where all is heaped. But, to tell the truth, I know about it only by hearsay. I will not tell that similar places though are a little popular among малазийцев, the overwhelming which majority buys only the original technics. However, the love to the original for some reason does not extend on the software, music and films…
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